How Did Rosa Parks Impact The Civil Rights Movement

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All African Americans faced some type of discriminating act during the time of the civil war. Their expedition for justice began during the Reconstruction Era. Although, the Civil War granted African Americans many opportunities and freedoms, a new coming of challenges would be initiated in the South. During this time Andrew Johnson was the U.S president and he vetoed the Freedman’s Bureau Bill and the Civil Rights Bill. The bills were created to protect blacks and he wanted the bills gone. Congress passed numerous amounts of laws and bills to help African Americans. The 15th Amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race. The 13th Amendment was ratified in 1865 and it abolished …show more content…

“Rosa Parks is famous for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake’s demand that she relinquishes her seat to a white man. Her subsequent arrest and trial for this act of civil disobedience triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the largest and most successful mass movements against racial segregation in history, and launched Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the organizers of the boycott, to the forefront of the civil rights movement. Her role in American history earned her an iconic status in American culture, and her actions have left an enduring legacy for civil rights movements around the world” (Rosa Parks Biography). “Martin Luther King Jr was one of America’s most influential civil rights activists. His passionate, but nonviolent protests, helped to raise awareness of racial inequalities in America, leading to significant political change. Martin Luther King was also an eloquent orator who captured the imagination and hearts of people, both black and white” (Martin Luther King Biography). The Black Panthers wanted King to join their group but he refused. He was a man of peace and he wanted it to stay that way. Booker T. Washington was a dominant leader in the African American faction and an educator. He was a civil rights activist and secretly plotted against Jim Crow Laws and racial violence against blacks. He also wrote letters in code names to save African Americans from lynching mobs. Another important African American educator was W.E.B Du Bois. He was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. at Harvard University. Du Bois was a co-founder of the NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored people. His purpose was to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic quality of rights of blacks and white and to eliminate racial loathing and racial judgement. “Among the many issues that

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